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Continuity

• Maggie offers Lisa a pacifier. ("The Pacifier")

Cultural references

• The episode title is a pun on "going gaga" (a slang term for going crazy) and a reference to Lady Gaga's guest appearance.
• Many aspects of Gaga's career are referenced in the episode:
  • When Lady Gaga arrives in Springfield, the crowd chant to the lyrics of "Bad Romance".
  • The egg/vessel that Gaga arrived in at the 53rd Grammy Awards makes an appearance.
  • Some of Gaga's famous outfits can be seen:
    • The meat outfit from the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
    • The "Living Dress" and the pyrotechnic leotard from The Monster Ball Tour.
    • The Origami Dress.
    • The Diamond Dress.
    • The Bubble Dress.
    • The Kermit the Frog Dress.
    • Several Alexander McQueen designs.
  • "Monster", a musical number specifically created for the episode, is a parody of Gaga's relationship with her devout "Little Monsters"—a phrase Gaga uses to refer to her fans.
    • The song is a cartoonized version of Gaga's single "Born This Way".
  • Gaga's Grammy Award winning single, "Poker Face", is played when Gaga's train first appears.
    • During the end credits, Homer parodies the song and entitles it "Homer Face".

Trivia

• When Lady Gaga flies over the crowd with sparks shooting from the points of her cone-cupped bra, Professor Frink holds up a calculator displaying "80085", which is "BOOBS" in calculator spelling.
• Lady Gaga wears 18 outfits in the episode. ^[1]
• Moe states he is half Armenian. Another mention of Armenia by Moe appears in the episode "Judge Me Tender", Moe mistakes American Idol for Armenian Idol. This implies Moe may have originated from Armenia, as in "Much Apu About Nothing" he was revealed to be an illegal immigrant.

Goofs

• In a promotional image, part of Martin's arm is transparent and has not been colored in. This error, however, was not present in the episode.
• In the assembly, the boy sitting behind Bart has yellow hair. When Bart goes upto the stage to receive his award, the boy's hair is white.
• When Lady Gaga is looking for the person who's upset, the camera pans over the crowd. When the camera pans over to an area of the crowd in which Lisa is in, she is standing up looking at Lady Gaga. When the camera zooms in on her, Lisa has her head hanging.

References

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